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1. Time before the time -- 2. The broken links -- 3. Africans confront the American situation -- 4. Freedom and revolution without end -- 5. The great freedom war -- 6. Exploring new routes to equality and justice -- 7. From Harlem we charge up the racial mountain -- 8. Trouble in paradise -- 9. We will be free -- 10. Social and moral challenges are everywhere -- 11. The rise of social consciousness -- 12. An unfinished agenda.

"Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated, landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship, and including more than eight hundred images--ancient maps, art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters--Life Upon These Shores focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements of people famous and obscure. Gates takes us from the sixteenth century through the ordeal of slavery, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration; from the civil rights and black nationalist movements through the age of hip-hop on to the Joshua generation. By documenting and illuminating the sheer diversity of African American involvement in American history, society, politics, and culture, Gates bracingly disabuses us of the presumption of a single "Black Experience." Life Upon These Shores is a book of major importance, a breathtaking tour de force of the historical imagination"--

Northern regions, New England -- Puritan purposes, Akan ethics, American values -- Hudson Valley -- Dutch capitalists, Angolan entrepreneurs, American strivers -- Delaware Valley -- Quaker founders, Guinea achievers, American reformers -- Southern regions, Chesapeake, Virginia and Maryland -- English masters, West African rebels, American leaders -- Coastal Carolina and Georgia -- Barbadian planters, Gullah-Geechee cultures, American roots -- Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast -- French, Spanish & Anglo rulers; Bamana, Benin & Congo clusters; American Pluralism -- Frontier regions, Western frontiers : free range slaves -- Fulani herders, Texas cowboys, American mustangers -- Maritime frontiers : saltwater slaves -- West African boatmen, Atlantic seamen, American mariners -- Southern frontiers : warrior slaves -- Angolan soldiers, Afro-Seminole warriors, U.S. Seminole-Negro scouts.

Out of Africa: West African origins -- New Africa: South Carolina low country -- Negro capital of the world: Harlem -- Mules and men: Birmingham -- Blues pianos and tricky baseballs: Pittsburgh -- Walkin' Egypt: Mississippi Delta -- Bronzeville's Pinkster Kings: South Side Chicago -- Dixie special: Houston -- California dreaming: South Central LA -- Circle unbroken: three stories and a conclusion

Africans have, since the early settlement of America, influenced the nation's language, manners, religion, literature, music, art, & dance. One of the US' most crucial Ur problems, the Negro Ls fam, may have African origins. In the realm of pol, the civil rights fight in the US has been linked from its origin to the struggle for African freedom, & US Negro intellectuals have identified with African culture from the beginning of the cent; this identification has been reinforced since 1956, with the formation of the Internat'I Society of African Culture & the Amer Society of African Culture. US Negro leadership has collectively thrown its pol'al weight on the side of African freedom, & black nat'list org's have maintained great agitation. In the midst of this, the US must deal with a considerable African oresence in the TIN_ AA.

Africans have, since the early settlement of America, influenced the nation's language, manners, religion, literature, music, art, and dance. One of our most crucial ur ban problems, the Negro low-status family, may have Afri can origins. In the realm of politics, the civil rights fight in America from its origin has been linked to the struggle for Af rican freedom, and American Negro intellectuals have identi fied with African culture from the beginning of the century, an identification accelerated since 1956 with the formation of the International Society of African Culture and the American So ciety of African Culture. American Negro leadership has col lectively thrown its considerable political weight on the side of African freedom, and black nationalist organizations have kept up a noisy gadfly agitation. In the midst of this, America must deal with a considerable African presence in the United Nations.

This qualitative study sought to understand married, resident African American fathers' perceptions about parenting influences. Specifically, this study explored fathers' perceptions about sources and/or experiences that informed their approaches and attitudes about parenting. Social learning theory, the modeling and compensation hypothesis, as well as literature on the intergenerational transmission of parenting served as theoretical frameworks. Eight fathers participated in semi-structured interviews. One main theme and four subthemes emerged from the data. Findings indicated that a number of influences including but not limited to experiences from their family of origin informed current parenting approaches and attitudes.

"A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--

Camille O. Cosby presents a startling examination of how young African-Americans are dramatically impacted by the pervasive negative images of their culture that are regularly portrayed on television. Dr. Cosby shows how American media establishments have engineered a climate of ignorance and disenfranchisement by fostering misinformation and indifference

Since the days of slavery, some of the most influential political figures among African Americans have been members of the clergy. This political prominence of the clergy may have its origins in West Africa, where societal leaders have historically played both secular and religious roles.